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Sewn: Burdastyle 4/2014 #115

My summer of sewing productivity continues! This Burda magazine top (available on their site here) is a repeat offender for me, I've made it twice before, back in 2014 and another unblogged version. It's a great pattern, and I still wear both versions frequently.

For this round, I used this fun printed poly crepe from Fabricland. It's a great colour, a sort of dark teal grey, that I just love. I would have gone for it as a plain fabric, but as an added bonus, there are 1920's stylized divers all over it! Honestly, this top makes me feel like a certain very stylish French blogger.

I don't have too much more to say about this one, really. This is a size up from the original blue one, which tends to bunch up over the upper chest, as it really is too small. And I added 2 1/2" (5cm) in length again, as I have with both previous versions. This fabric is more drapey, so it sits a bit differently, but I love them all. And I will say that this is a great pattern for a quilting cotton, if that's something you're into. The unblogged grey/black cat version is made from a quilting cotton, and it worked really well.

The back - very plain.

Bracelet length sleeves - the perfect length for work.

Construction is very straightforward - side seams, hem, shoulders, sleeves, neck binding. Each time that I've made this top, I've wondered how to handle the mitred corners, and each time, I've just intuitively made it work. The angle is over 90 degrees, but a little bit of pressing and pinning, and voila, it comes out nicely!

See - divers! And this fabric wrinkles just like a natural fibre. Nice touch.